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Virtual contact lenses for radar satellites

Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 18, 2018
Radar satellites supply the data used to map sea level and ocean currents. However, up until now the radar's "eyes" have been blind where the oceans are covered by ice. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now developed a new analysis method to solve this problem.
The melting of the polar ice cap would have a drastic effect: Sea level would rise by several meters ar